Manufacture of tie-plates or the like.



J. E. YORK, MANUFACTURE OF TIE PLATES OR THE LIKE.

APPLIOATION FILED 00127, 1904. 961 666 latenteol June 14, 1910.

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J. E. YORK. MANUFACTURE OF TIE PLATES OR THE LIKE APPLIUATION FILED 00127, 1904.

961,66fia Patented 311119141916.

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WITNESSIES: fie J REANUFACTUEE CF TEE-PLELLES THE Application flied fictobcr 7, 29%. Serial Flo. $339,272.

To all whom it may concern: Referring specific-ally lo this embodiment Be it known that 1, JAMES E. YORK, a illustrated, ihe worn head of an old rail is cii-izon of the Unii'ol States. residing in the indicated. at A, and the base $133 each of borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, city these parts being cut w'li portion C v 5 and State of New Yorkjhm'o ioveniozl cerof the Web Theheoci or ooso of the toil is 64) min new and useful Improvements in the placed on a table D which a groove for Manufacture or" Tie-Plates or the Like, of receiving the portion C of tho and which the following is a specification. which reciprocstes so as to carry the trail This invention aims to provide an imhack and forth. under one or mom soils E proved procvss for the nmnufa'ciure of tie which are grailually lowered to (iszrosaa rho 65 plates or similar ari-iolvs from old "ails, thickness of the section and inorease its beams or other shapes having on enlarge- Wldiil. The lat eral Wid'cning of the base B ment at one ooboth QlMlS. The process will not generally be necessary but may also :zpplicahlo' in connection with similar he rollorl to reduce it to uniform. 'cimess. narrow (long-21ml shapes of new sleeh but The result of the operations innlimited if: Q is of special vnloohovmse of its eronomicsll igys. l and :3 is a plate of desii'ozl roul'ilizal'ion of ohl shapes and thickness and having a projection 43 exln lhc application of the process to the lending longitutlioa ly 011 its under side. making of tie plzitos, chairs or the like the The plate F may then be placed on anoiher head or base of the rail or othershapois bed with a rib C projecting into a is 5 ervd Willi or without :1 porl'ion of he web, paring groove G. A roll is ijhen run and is then rollwl laterally or lrmisvvrsoly oi'ar'the plats laterally, which roll loss a so that after :1 suil'uhlv number o'fpnssos it is longituclimil rib which presses the place rmlovml to El comparatively thin, wide plate down mi the center to form a groove 25 In the some rolling opvrzition the portion of H and which at the same time upsets the 30 lliowoh which is col of? with tho hood or rib on the under side to oonvorl; it into lmso may he opsof to form a subsianl'ially u tapering rib J. 01', if a fist plate, is \veclgo-slmpwl ril at the some limo forming to bo formed Without a. rib on the Rue? sicls, :1 groove in tho lop of the plate opposite said it may be rollediipoii a bed D (Fig. l) 30 rib. 'lhv mlgvs of tho plou-v are preferably which gradually spreads the material of the 85 llnngwl. oll'hoz lhronghouf iis length or not, rib G into the plate l3. the plate is to be lw looyripglho ((12:08 in he lutvmlly rolliigg formed with downward ribs at its 3,8

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of the plate being .mg to the rail.

base, which is indicated in dotted lines at O. In this plate two spike holes I are preferably arranged at the outer edge of the rib N, end one at the opposite side ofthe plate. It is possible also with the lateral rolling system described to make a plate according to Fig. 11 which is especially useful on curves, being formed of gradually increasingthiclrness in lon-qitudmsl section, so as to give it a taper (3 upon its upper face either with or without a rib N. In this case the thin end, havingthe same quantity of metal would be Wider than the thick end, or

the excess might be sheared off, if desired. The shapes shown in Figs. 9 to 11 can be very simply formed by suitably tapering or grooving the roll which accomplishes the steral spreading of the metal, or the bed may be so formed as to effect this result.

Fig. 12 illustrates a. modified form in which the downwardly bent rib L do not extend throughout the length of the edges, but only at the two end portions, the center llat to give a wider besr- Another suitable style of rib, R, which is merely cleft in the middle, is illustrated in this figure. The rib N is .divided in the middle to permit the passage of the roove H.

ilhe principle of tapering and bendin :2 portion. of an edge of the plate is applied somewhat differently in Figs. 13 to 15. Here the ends of the plate are tapered by a process similar to that indicated in Fig. '5, end the plate is split and the ends E) bent up to a vertical position as indicated in Big. 15. They may then serve in the same manner as the rib N of the previously deM-ribed constructions to resist side thrust, being re- *VeISllJle for this purpose. Or they not be spiked or bolted directly to the tie, and the bent-up ends S may be bent inward with a hammer to engage and hold the base of the rail 9, as indicated in Figs. 12 and 13. The turned-up flanges S may be formed on a plate l s mils-.1" to those previously described or on to ions other styles of plates. This plate may also be used as a chair with cheeks or hedges driven between the flanges l) eudthe base or web of the rail to hold. orsesin positio.

,Tlieleiogth oi the rib N may be considereemee .ebly varied, and instead of one rib there may be two,

one for each side of the base of the rail. The bending of the flanges L and S, and other of the operations described, may be performed by presses instead of rolls, the prime function of the rolls being to spread the material in the manner indicated in Figs. 1 and 2. The process obviously may be carried out upon plates, slabs, ingots, billets or bars directly instead of uponworn rails or other sections. The combination of the lateral rolling and the press will obtain the most com licated forms with very few operations em with consequent rapidity end cheapness. The rolling operation permits of the forming of projections and recesses of practically ahy form and either on the under side or top of the plate. F or example, a lateral groove may be formed across the top of the plate exactly fitting the rail base.

I do not in this application claim the produotof my described process, the right being reserved to claim the some in o. sepsrate application. The illustrations of the various modifications of the plates, however, serve to explain variations which maybe eilected in the process.

Tlhough l have described with great particularity of detail certain embodiments of the invention, yet it not to be understood therefrom that the inve fionis limited to the specificembodiments t sclosed. Various modifications thereof in detail and in the arrsugemc l' andeombinstion of the parts may be made by those skilled. in the art without departure ironi the invention.

l l hot l: claim "*1 in iuzuiuiihctu logo-tie plate from :1 narrow elongated shape huving a projecting rib, tl'unproeess' which. consists in rolling it laterally and in a plane transverse to said rib, with said rib located in a groove in one of the members between which the shape is rolled.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

YORK.

llitnesses Tnsosors '1. SNELL, EUGENE G. s-isrrss. 

